From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Mina Almasry" <almasrymina@google.com>, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net: skbuff: replace __skb_frag_ref() with symmetric skb_netmem_ref()
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:22:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-169238@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261012082148.1698596-5-almasrymina@google.com>
> Previously, __skb_frag_ref() and skb_frag_ref() unconditionally
> incremented the non-pp backing refcount via get_netmem(), while
> skb_frag_unref() decremented pp_ref_count whenever skb->pp_recycle was
> set. Ref-ing a page_pool fragment into a pp_recycle=1 SKB (or clearing
> pp_recycle=0 on an uncloned SKB while clones still held pp_recycle=1)
> leaked the backing non-pp refcount and underflowed pp_ref_count across
> IP-TFS, skb_split(), skb_shift(), and cloned unclone paths.
>
> Replace __skb_frag_ref() with skb_netmem_ref(netmem, recycle) as the
> exact counterpart to skb_netmem_unref(netmem, recycle):
>
> - Keep skb->pp_recycle intact in skb_release_data() so uncloning paths
> (pskb_expand_head() and pskb_carve_inside_{header,nonlinear}()) keep
> trading pp_ref_count references symmetrically across clones.
> - Propagate pp_recycle and call skb_frag_ref() on the destination SKB in
> [ ... ]
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
> Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-12 8:21 [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] net: unify symmetric netmem and page_pool refcounting Mina Almasry
2026-10-12 8:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] netmem: rename __get/__put_netmem() to get/put_net_iov() Mina Almasry
2026-10-13 8:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-12 8:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] net: skbuff: add napi_pp_get_page() and use it in tcp_recvmsg_dmabuf() Mina Almasry
2026-10-13 8:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-12 8:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] net: skbuff: replace skb_page_unref() and __skb_frag_unref() with skb_netmem_unref() Mina Almasry
2026-10-13 8:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-12 8:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net: skbuff: replace __skb_frag_ref() with symmetric skb_netmem_ref() Mina Almasry
2026-10-13 8:22 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-12 8:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] net: skbuff: use skb_frag_ref() in skb_try_coalesce() Mina Almasry
2026-10-13 8:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-12 8:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: kunit: test netmem, page_pool, and skb frag refcounting Mina Almasry
2026-10-13 8:22 ` sashiko-bot
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